from Wikipedia:
The Nativity was a 58-minute United States television drama with music about the birth of Jesus Christ, presented on the television anthology Westinghouse Studio One. Directed by Franklin Schaffner, it is a rare modern network television production of an authentic mystery play, mostly culled from the York and Chester mystery plays of the 14th and 15th centuries in England. ...
The play was performed in what is now known as Elizabethan English. Although it takes its text straight from fifteenth-century English, the words were not pronounced as Middle English would be, but in a more modern manner. Musical selections were selected from Christmas carols and sung by the Robert Shaw Chorale..
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I'll have to bookmark this for later.
ReplyDeleteIt is lovely!
Delete...I remember Westinghouse Studio One!
ReplyDeleteCool!
DeleteThis sounds interesting. I remember Westinghouse Studio also. Once I get caught up blogging I will check it out. Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy it :)
DeleteIn some of my college lit classes we studied those plays, and I didn't know there were any modern productions of that sort. Interesting!
ReplyDeletebe well... mae at maefood.blogspot.com
I thought it was a beautiful idea.
DeleteSounds good, have bookmARKED IT FOR 'later', the list is growing! Valerie
ReplyDeleteMy bookmark folders are bursting at the seams lol, but I'm running low on Christmas movies ;)
DeleteJust seeing the Westinghouse commercials was worth it--LOL! You realize how old you are when you are familiar with the flip flopping, streaking and remember what an art it was to get your set tuned in enough to watch the show--LOL! VHF and UFH was it? Double dials. Rabbit ears. There were several playhouses back then. This brought back a lot of memories. :)
ReplyDeleteSweet! Yes, I remember having to wait for the tubes to literally warm up ;)
DeleteI remember when TVs were so heavy you couldn't list any bigger than 13". Now I can move my 32" from one spot to the next with no problem. Don't remember tubes needing to warm up, though.
DeleteAnd your parents knew if you were up late watching TV while they were gone because they could walk in an put their hand on the TV to see if it was still hot--LOL!
Deletelol!
DeleteNot sure how I missed this one, but I'm off to watch it now.
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy it :)
DeleteStudio One did some good things and this looks extremely interesting. Especially with the music. Thanks for this one.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to see the return of this kind of series programming, maybe on a service like Netflix.
DeleteSounds wonderful, definately worth watching! Best wishes 😁. Hugs, Jo x
ReplyDeleteYes, I thought this was a really stand-out addition to Christmas shows to watch :)
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